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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9, Round 3 - Science - Global Warming   
      
   > 1. The graph of average global temperature over the last 1,000   
   >    years, showing a sudden rise starting at the beginning of the   
   >    Industrial Revolution, is often described in terms of what   
   >    sports-related item?   
      
   hockey stick   
      
   > 3. Climatologists derive a record of historical global average   
   >    temperatures going back centuries by analysing two main sources   
   >    of information.  Name either one.   
      
   tree rings   
      
   > 4. The unexpected and extremely rapid breakup of these glacier-   
   >    related features has alarmed climatologists, as it suggests the   
   >    effects of global warming are occurring much more rapidly than   
   >    originally believed.  The most alarming example occurred in 2002   
   >    when one of these, known as Larson B, completely disintegrated   
   >    in just 35 days.  What features?   
      
   ice shelves   
      
   > 5. Name the place where this region contains the next-largest amount   
   >    of the world's frozen fresh water, after the Antarctic, is found.   
   >    It is also of great concern for climate-change researchers,   
   >    as the worst-case scenario of a total melt of this ice alone   
   >    would raise the sea level by 23 feet (7 m).   
      
   Greenland   
      
   > 6. Which gas emitted by livestock (e.g. cows and sheep) is a major   
   >    greenhouse gas?  It potentially contributes more yearly to   
   >    global warming than all cars, trucks, and other means of   
   >    transportation combined.   
      
   methane   
      
   > 7. Name the 2006 documentary about Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens   
   >    about global warming, which has been credited with having a major   
   >    impact on climate-change awareness and with reenergizing the   
   >    environmental movement.   
      
   An Inconvenient Truth   
      
   > 9. What scientific-sounding adjective is applied to global warming   
   >    believed to be brought about by human activity?  The term is   
   >    used to differentiate it from changes caused by natural events   
   >    such as volcanos or changes in solar output.   
      
   anthropogenic   
      
   > 10. A 1997 protocol is the first agreement between nations to   
   >    mandate reductions in greenhouse gases.  It is named after what   
   >    city, where the treaty was adopted?   
      
   Kyoto   
      
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